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| Federal Prisons Plan to Release More Inmates on 'Compassionate' Grounds |
| 2013-05-06 |
| [CNSNEWS] To reduce the growing prison population and escalating prison costs, the U.S Bureau of Prisons says it is now revising its "compassionate release" rules so more ailing and aging inmates can be freed. A report from the Justice Department's inspector general says the revised rules will expand the compassionate release program by making inmates with a life expectancy of up to 18 months eligible for consideration (versus the current 12 months). The revised rules also will explain what level of functioning is "extraordinary and compelling" enough for inmates to be considered for release. The OIG report notes that the Justice Department's FY 2013 budget request identified $3.2 million in savings to be achieved by expanding the BOP's compassionate release program. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Just start with the dopers and not the psycho killers this time, ok? |
| Posted by: Muggsy Mussolini1226 2013-05-06 16:39 |
| #6 So the prison doesn't have to pay for their heart transplants and chemotherapy. But now ObamaCare will pay so we really won't save any money. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-05-06 13:14 |
| #5 It's a good thing we have laws against released or probationary felons being able to have guns, or else all these new gun control laws restricting the law abiding citizens would really hurt. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-05-06 12:53 |
| #4 A recent article quoted a prison psychologist as saying 1/4 of the prisoners in medium security prisons are sociopaths. Given the percent of social predators that will be released, we should be concerned about who is being "compassionate" here. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2013-05-06 10:07 |
| #3 Shouldn't release the low level offenders, but permanently remove the high end offenders to make room. You know a lot of the low level will be politicians. Of course they want a precedent. Cost per day for Supermax vs cost per day for trustee level. A nation that yawns to the butchery of a Gosnell, should have no problem with removing real threats to its citizens and society. Prisons, where in the most secure police state government has to offer, there are still assaults, murders and rapes...just no freedoms. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-05-06 09:12 |
| #2 home arrest and internal exile They can't leave their bodies? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-05-06 08:18 |
| #1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world. At year-end 2009, it was 743 adults incarcerated per 100,000 population. It is costing a lot of money to keep them in jail. A better solution is to experiment with other forms of penalties like fines, home arrest and internal exile. |
| Posted by: Bernard Z 2013-05-06 07:50 |